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Overview

Philip R. Taylor is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research in medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, surgery, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, immunology, and neurology.

Their recent publications cover a variety of biomedical topics, including kidney fibrosis, esophageal cancer risk, Alzheimer's disease models, biodiversity tracking methodology, and inflammation metabolism. Notable recent papers include:

  • Single-Nucleus RNA Sequencing Identifies New Classes of Proximal Tubular Epithelial Cells in Kidney Fibrosis (2021) in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Esophageal Histological Precursor Lesions and Subsequent 8.5-Year Cancer Risk in a Population-Based Prospective Study in China (2020) in The American Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Terminal complement pathway activation drives synaptic loss in Alzheimer's disease models (2022) in Acta Neuropathologica Communications
  • track2KBA: An R package for identifying important sites for biodiversity from tracking data (2021) in Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • Oxylipin metabolism is controlled by mitochondrial β-oxidation during bacterial inflammation (2022) in Nature Communications

Their frequent coauthors include You-Lin Qiao, Jin-Hu Fan, Christian C. Abnet, Sanford M. Dawsey, and Robert Andrews. This network of collaborators indicates a broad range of multidisciplinary research partnerships.

Philip R. Taylor has published repeatedly in several venues, with the highest number of works appearing in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), followed by Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, UNC Libraries, BMC Cancer, and Nature Communications.

Their research covers key topics such as esophageal cancer research and treatment, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, gastric cancer management and outcomes, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, esophageal and gastrointestinal pathology, immune cells in cancer, and epigenetics and DNA methylation.

In addition to journal articles, Philip R. Taylor has contributed to academic books, including a publication titled Retiring Women (2021) with Edward Elgar Publishing.

Best Publications

  • Monocyte and macrophage heterogeneity

    Siamon Gordon;Philip R. Taylor

  • Effect of selenium and vitamin E on risk of prostate cancer and other cancers: the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT).

    Scott M. Lippman;Eric A. Klein;Eric A. Klein;Phyllis J. Goodman;M. Scott Lucia

  • Nutrition Intervention Trials in Linxian, China: Supplementation With Specific Vitamin/Mineral Combinations, Cancer Incidence, and Disease-Specific Mortality in the General Population

    William J. Blot;Jun Yao Li;Philip R. Taylor;Wande Guo

  • Tissue-resident macrophages

    Luke C Davies;Stephen J Jenkins;Judith E Allen;Philip R Taylor

  • Macrophage receptors and immune recognition.

    Taylor Pr;Martinez-Pomares L;Stacey M;Lin Hh

  • Dectin-1 is required for beta-glucan recognition and control of fungal infection.

    Philip Russel Taylor;S. Vicky Tsoni;Janet A. Willment;Kevin M. Dennehy

  • Prostate cancer and supplementation with alpha-tocopherol and beta-carotene: incidence and mortality in a controlled trial

    O P Heinonen;D Albanes;J Virtamo;P R Taylor

  • α-Tocopherol and β-Carotene Supplements and Lung Cancer Incidence in the Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention Study: Effects of Base-line Characteristics and Study Compliance

    Demetrius Albanes;Olli P. Heinonen;Philip R. Taylor;Jarmo Virtamo

  • Dectin-1 Is A Major β-Glucan Receptor On Macrophages

    Gordon D. Brown;Philip Russel Taylor;Delyth M. Reid;Janet A. Willment

  • A hierarchical role for classical pathway complement proteins in the clearance of apoptotic cells in vivo.

    Philip R. Taylor;Anna Carugati;Valerie A. Fadok;H. Terence Cook

  • The beta-glucan receptor, dectin-1, is predominantly expressed on the surface of cells of the monocyte/macrophage and neutrophil lineages.

    Philip R Taylor;Gordon D Brown;Delyth M Reid;Janet A Willment

  • Prospective study of risk factors for esophageal and gastric cancers in the Linxian general population trial cohort in China.

    Gina D. Tran;Xiu-Di Sun;Christian C. Abnet;Jin-Hu Fan

  • Randomised trial of α-tocopherol and β-carotene supplements on incidence of major coronary events in men with previous myocardial infarction

    Janne M Rapola;Jarmo Virtamo;Samuli Ripatti;Jussi K Huttunen

  • Anticancer chemotherapy-induced intratumoral recruitment and differentiation of antigen-presenting cells.

    Yuting Ma;Yuting Ma;Yuting Ma;Sandy Adjemian;Sandy Adjemian;Sandy Adjemian;Stephen R. Mattarollo;Takahiro Yamazaki;Takahiro Yamazaki;Takahiro Yamazaki

  • Effects of Moderate Alcohol Intake on Fasting Insulin and Glucose Concentrations and Insulin Sensitivity in Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Michael J. Davies;David J. Baer;Joseph T. Judd;Ellen D. Brown

  • Systemic lupus erythematosus, complement deficiency, and apoptosis.

    M C Pickering;M Botto;P R Taylor;P J Lachmann

  • 2D Differential In-gel Electrophoresis for the Identification of Esophageal Scans Cell Cancer-specific Protein Markers

    Ge Zhou;Hongmei Li;Dianne DeCamp;She Chen

  • Dectin-2 is a Syk-coupled pattern recognition receptor crucial for Th17 responses to fungal infection

    Matthew J. Robinson;Fabiola Osorio;Marcela Rosas;Rui P. Freitas

  • Effects of Alcohol Consumption on Plasma and Urinary Hormone Concentrations in Premenopausal Women

    Marsha E. Reichman;Joseph T. Judd;Christopher Longcope;Arthur Schatzkin

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

    Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

Frequent Co-Authors

Sanford M. Dawsey
Sanford M. Dawsey National Institutes of Health
Christian C. Abnet
Christian C. Abnet National Institutes of Health
Demetrius Albanes
Demetrius Albanes National Institutes of Health
You-Lin Qiao
You-Lin Qiao Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Jarmo Virtamo
Jarmo Virtamo National Institutes of Health
Alisa M. Goldstein
Alisa M. Goldstein National Institutes of Health
Neal D. Freedman
Neal D. Freedman National Institutes of Health
Gordon D. Brown
Gordon D. Brown University of Exeter
Siamon Gordon
Siamon Gordon University of Oxford
Rachael Z. Stolzenberg-Solomon
Rachael Z. Stolzenberg-Solomon National Institutes of Health

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